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illustration

[il-uh-stray-shuhn] / ˌɪl əˈstreɪ ʃən /




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The success of optogenetics is an illustration of the importance of continuing to ask questions simply to understand the world around us because it’s impossible to predict where knowledge will take us.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

“A Ghost in Your Ear” offers a less ambitious but viscerally engaging illustration of how the ear, and the mind, can play disorienting and devastating tricks on you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was a rare moment of precision in front of goal, another illustration that despite their issues in scoring goals, Scotland have a promising array of strikers these days.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The market’s bounce from its October low is therefore a classic illustration of contrarian analysis.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Dr. Lee asked questions of the supposed spirits while the man cracked his ankles in response, providing, “a more striking illustration of ‘spiritual knockings’ than the Foxes ever dreamed of.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But from “Baywatch” to this summer’s “Masters of the Universe,” we’ve endured plenty of painful illustrations of the trend’s downside: If what you’re rebooting is so bad, why make us sit through it?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Charmingly detailed black-and-white illustrations by Chloe Bristol complement the book’s warmhearted tone—for despite its potentially gloomy premise, “The Lost Three” is far from morose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Like most made-for-TV illustrations, these fantasies didn’t reflect life for most people, and certainly not working-class families with two working parents.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The museum aims to celebrate visual storytelling in all its forms: among them fine art, photography, comics, science-fiction illustrations and, of course, movies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Afterward, Lori showed Ken and Bob some of her illustrations.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls


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